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Old Dec 23, 2016, 02:19 PM
Journey-Man Journey-Man is offline
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Originally Posted by Mapper View Post
He has hobbies, most of which is playing video games, but he also plays guitar, races motorcycles, works on motorcycles. He keeps telling me that I need to get a hobby. Yeah, and if I do you'll probably make fun of it. I always wanted to make a terrarium so I put 3 together after I took a class a few months ago. It's not something I would ever do again. I've often thought about taking a jewelry-making or ceramics class but talk myself out of it because I'll probably fail at it or won't want to keep going. Thought about buying my own glass fusing kit to make things but figure I'll probably use it once and never again. I THINK about doing a lot of things but always talk myself out of them with either, "I'll never do it more than once so it's a waste of money" or "H will probably make fun of me for doing it".
The beliefs that you have about yourself when you talk yourself out of doing something, how valid would you say they are? How truthful would you say they represent the likely outcome? Or would you say that those negative beliefs about the outcomes of pursuing what you love are more based in anxiety?